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PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:51 pm
by PassionForMaryJane
:toker1: Just wanted to share a little of what I am working on, I had a few SAGE seeds to work with, I put 10 seeds in my Ferry Morse germinating tray, and ended up only have 5 germinate, two of those 5 died, I am pretty sure the seeds cooked in the germinating tray, a problem which I won't let happen next time.
So I am working with 3 plants, one of which has already shown a female pre-flower.

I have taken 7 clones from this one, and just started flowering the lady yesterday.
The two other plants will be sexed in a week or so, from the growth patterns of them I am thinking one is female, and one male, if I get 2-3 females I will be a happy camper!

Right now all the light in the flowering area consists of two warm 3000k CFL's, one 42 W & the other 40 W, as well as a 150W HPS that I made from a cheap security light I got from Home DePOT a few years back, so that is 232 Watts total.
The flowering area is an unused bathroom, I know bathrooms are not prime locations, but those whom have seen my past grows over the years know that I have always grew in a bathroom...
I need to get a little fan for the bathroom, right now I only have a fan in the vegg area...


My vegg area has a little more light than the flowering area, but eventually the flowering area will have a few more watts.
Right now I have around 240 Watts of CFL's (a mixture of warm & cool CFL's)

For soil I am using Experts Professional Potting Mix, with perlite, dolomite limestone, and diatomaceous earth, and blackstrap molasses.
For vegging nutes I am currently using some liquid miracle grow plant food, and will be using some Experts Organic granules added to the soil eventually, I just need to get some extra money...
For flowering I will be using some miracle grow (as much as I have not liked it in the past) I do remember all Uncle Ben has said about miracle grow, and about organice nutes becoming chemical before they can be taken in, so I am not too worried.
I do have some old nutes, a half of a bottle of Earth Juice Micro Blast, and Meta K, a nice sized bottle of liquid humus, and about a pound of Jamaican Bat Guano.

Eventually I'd like to be back to 100% organic, but that will take some extra money.
I won't be constantly updating this, but I figured it would be nice to have a place to post updates once and a while..
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PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:20 pm
by HempKat
Looking good, so far, all things considered. :tup:

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:37 pm
by Sun&Dirt
The one pheno of Sage I smoked I wasn't a big fan of the taste, but the shit got me lit.

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:25 pm
by Hax
A friend of mine grew it last year and yeah the taste was a little weirdish but the buzz was a solid B. Even he admitted that my outdoor Amnesia Haze we smoked hit harder though.

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:04 am
by Mrs Fly
It's so good to see a journal from you again PFMJ! I'm curious to see how your SAGE develops, I could never really say what my one was like, due to it being literally crawling with thrips, it never made it's full potential, but from the pics your girl has a very similar pheno to my old one (I shall see whether or not I have any pics from my old ones so you can compare, might take me a bit to track them down but I will try)

Great to see you growing again, I always did enjoy your old journals, there were some truly spectacular plants (I won't forget your White Rhinos, maybe you can advise me with mine!)

Take care my friend,

K
-x-

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:07 am
by arb
:bong4:

Just nice too see ya round.

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:50 pm
by PassionForMaryJane
Hempy, thanks man, considering what I have to work with things are going very well, and hopefully only get better!

Sun&Dirt, I am a lover of good tasting bud, and have been blessed enough to try some really great strains, but for the past year I have only been smoking dirt weed, so if this hits good then I am happy, I just wanna be nice and high, hopefully it is a good 60/40 Indica/Sativa, or a 50/50, I like a well balanced high..

Hax, a solid B works for me bro, it is a step up from the Solid D (dirt shit) lol
I got the seeds back around the beginning of PG, and have been wanting to see what the plant is like for a long time.

Mrs Fly :) Hey hey, I have missed having anything to write about, hopefully here in about 2 months I'll have a nice 1 plant harvest to write about, considering the plant is in a limited space, with limited light, and will most likely be root bound for a while in the end, I still expect 3-4 quarters dried.
Next plant I flower out will be put into flowering before reaching the mass root capacity of the pot, the only reason this one is in flowering now is because I honestly could not wait 3-4 more weeks till some clones are rooted/stable, and vegged for little bit.
SAGE: I remember your SAGE & the thrip invasion, I remember the buds still looked to be a decent producer, so hopefully mine produce well also.

arb, thanks man, it is good to be around!


Thanks for the kind words guys, I'll try to do my best to make it by with a little update every now and then, it is just a pain in the ass trying to upload pics with anonymouse, it times out on me a lot, and my pics are only like 500-600k

Well back to smoking and relaxing, take care my friends, and as always, STAY HIGH AND STAY SAFE!

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:30 pm
by WhiteHotAfterburner
I'm envious :winky:, no, truly envious :mrgreen:

It is great to see you growing again, Passion :smoke: They sure are pretty when they're young :winky:

Hey, are you saying that your Experts Professional Potting Mix has diatomaceous earth in it, or it is something you added to it?

All the best, brother!

Take care :wave:,
WHAB

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:04 pm
by PassionForMaryJane
It is great to be growing again my friend, I wish I had the strains I used to, and the room to run them all, but I am still happy that I have something that I know what it is called, lol

That EPPM does not have DE in it, I added about 1 1/2 cups per a 1.5 cubic foot bag of soil, I love it because it is one of the safest anti/pest additives that I can add to the soil, I have pets so I am picky about what chemicals I use indoors.
NOTE: Food-grade DE is all I use, I like it because once and a while my pets get a little mixed with water, as do I, it's good at killing internal parasites.

Well off to smoke my last bowl :(
I cannot wait till I can have enough smoke to start lasting me, I need a good half ounce a week at least, so my hopes are to be able to eventually get around 2 ounces a month, or 4+ every two months, I think I can pull it off...

PFMJ's little SAGE grow

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:25 pm
by randude
Great job. I will be watching.

I am not familiar with sage, but for some reason I thought it was a sativa??

Nice to see people making due with what they have available.